Matthew 12:1-13 ▼

1 At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the cornfields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears, and eat.

2 And the Pharisees, seeing, said to Him, Behold thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

3 And He said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those with him?

4 How he came into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, except the priests only?

5 Have you not read in the law, that the priests in the temple do profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

6 But I say unto you, that there is One here greater than the temple.

7 But if ye had known what this is, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

9 And having passed on thence, He came into their synagogue.

10 And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him saying, Whether is it lawful to heal on Sabbath? that they might accuse Him.

11 And He said to them; What man shall there he of you, who shall have one sheep, and if it shall fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not lay hold of it and lift it up?

12 Therefore how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

13 Then He says to the man, Reach forth thy hand. And he reached it forth and it was restored.